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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the leadership of groups of ring-tailed lemurs. Exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the leadership of groups of ring-tailed lemurs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, tail · **To what, where:** response, leadership

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Madagascar: real lemurs, the aye-aye and the fossa» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/127-madagascar-real-lemurs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:127-madagascar-real-lemurs:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the leadership of groups of ring-tailed lemurs.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	leadership	leadership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	lemurs	lemur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the leadership of groups of tailed lemurs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus leadership=Experiencer |
| 4 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Such groups are governed by a single male designated king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:127-madagascar-real-lemurs:e1:o1:1
# text = Such groups are governed by a single male designated king
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	governed	govern	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | present · passive | a single male | Such groups |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such groups are led by the youngest individual

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:127-madagascar-real-lemurs:e1:o2:1
# text = Such groups are led by the youngest individual
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present · passive | the youngest individual | Such groups |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such groups possess no form of leadership whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:127-madagascar-real-lemurs:e1:o3:1
# text = Such groups possess no form of leadership whatsoever
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	leadership	leadership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Such groups | no form of leadership |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot form=Theme |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | leadership |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Such groups are led by females, which have priority of access to food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:127-madagascar-real-lemurs:e1:o4:1
# text = Such groups are led by females, which have priority of access to food
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	priority	priority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present · passive | females | Such groups |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | females | priority of access to food |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priority=Patient |

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